The Kulunda () is a river in
Altai Krai
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,
Russia
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. The river is long and has a catchment area of .
The basin of the river is located in the
Rebrikhinsky,
Tyumentsevsky,
Bayevsky and
Blagoveshchensky districts. There are a number of villages near its banks, such as
Bayevo,
Pokrovka,
Kapustinka,
Proslaukha and
Gryaznovo.
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Course
The Kulunda river system is an
endorheic basin
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between the
Ob and the
Irtysh
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The river's source lies in the Altai Mountains, Mongolian Altai in Dzungaria (the northern p ...
rivers. The sources are in the
Ob Plateau. The river flows roughly southwestwards through one of the wide ravines of glacial origin that are characteristic of the plateau. As it descends to the
Kulunda Plain there are many lakes in its basin, especially close to
Andronovo and
Nizhnechumanka. Near its mouth the river turns westwards. Finally it meets the eastern shore of
Lake Kulunda
Lake Kulunda or Kulundinskoye () is a lake in the southern part of the West Siberian Plain, Altai Krai, south-central Russia.
The Kulunda (river), Kulunda and Suetka rivers flow into the lake, which is connected by a channel with Lake Kuchuk to ...
about west of
Shimolino.
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Tributaries
The main tributaries of the Kulunda are the long Chuman (Чуман), the long Proslaukha (Прослауха), and the long Cheremshanka (Черемшанка) from the right, as well as the long Yermachikha (Ермачиха) from the left.
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See also
*List of rivers of Russia
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References
External links
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The syntaxonomy of the meadow vegetation of Kulunda and Kasmala pine forest strips (Altai Territory)
Rivers of Altai Krai
West Siberian Plain
Endorheic basins of Asia
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